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JoeK · 21st September 2007, 00:53

I'd like to create a model of a street light. The problem I have is that street light poles have a octagon or hexagon shapes, and when I create a similar shape in AMAPI, it turns to a circle.

Any ideas on how to create these shapes so they can be extruded?

Thinking - create an octagonal shape with the line tool, then extrude, then taper at top, then bend at top for lamp mounting. Correct?

(Yeah - I dabble - but still a newbie. Bought 7.52 though - very fun to use... :-D)

21st September 2007, 00:53	#1 (permalink)
JoeK Vertex Join Date: May 2005 Location: Ruskin, BC, Canada Posts: 28	Modeling octagon or hexagon shapes I'd like to create a model of a street light. The problem I have is that street light poles have a octagon or hexagon shapes, and when I create a similar shape in AMAPI, it turns to a circle. Any ideas on how to create these shapes so they can be extruded? Thinking - create an octagonal shape with the line tool, then extrude, then taper at top, then bend at top for lamp mounting. Correct? (Yeah - I dabble - but still a newbie. Bought 7.52 though - very fun to use... :-D)